Using Azure Key Vault in AL extensions

Azure Key Vault is a cloud services offered by the Azure platform that permits you to securely store secrets (like keys, certificates, etc.) for your applications in a centralized cloud store.When developing AL extensions, you could have the need to handle secrets (for example a password to access an external system) and Azure Key Vault service is a recommended secure store to use in these scenarios.An AL extension can retrieve secrets from one or two instances of Azure Key Vault.To use Azure Key Vault from an AL extension, you need to first create an instance of the Azure Key Vault service in your Azure subscription.To do that:

1. From the Azure portal menu select Create a resource.
2. In the Search box, enter Key Vault.
3. From the results list, choose Key Vault.
4. On the Key Vault section, choose Create.
5. On the Create key vault section provide the following information:
   • Name: Your key vault name. A unique name is required.
   • Subscription: Select a subscription...